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It's a coming of age story about how two teenage girls' friendship becomes betrayal because of a boy, in a stupid "drink ink" game.

Puerto Rican high school senior Lourdes Garcia faces a gender metamorphosis at the peak age of her adolescence. It is up to the guidance of her chosen family the House of Grace, and teachings of Yemaya, to find acceptance within her own identity. When Lourdes discovers who true self, she reaches her full potential, emulating the mother of the world at the Fantasia Ball.

An old lady reminisces about the alien she befriended in her youth who promised to take her with them to see the stars.

People Meeting in a Room reflects on collective filmmaking and workers’ activism in the UK, connecting the histories of activists and filmmakers associated with the Birmingham Trade Union Resource Centre in the 1980s with a group of contemporary collaborators. The contributors interpret archival films and collective actions through animation, performance, and conversation.

Two brothers running through a war-torn middle eastern city see differing versions of the world, real and unreal.

Ham on toast, second coffee in the morning: lazy Andalusian breakfast. The news that Antonio got a job in the Pentagon will turn this little world on it ́s head.

Evelyn Cordero, is a 93-year-old former ballet dancer, who despite her age still gives her heart in her dance studio.

An intimate, insightful look into how virtual reality is affecting people’s social lives for the better.

A short documentary that tells, through everyday life paintings, the CARA Mineo: the largest center for asylum seekers in Europe, stuck between the warm and clay valleys of Sicilian Calatino. Near the camp fence we meet Mohammad, who wants to run away; Aqib and Malik who dream of reaching Milan and joining its LGBTQI scene; Ibrahim, the hypnotic musician waiting for his documents; Dieudonne “le prophète” who harshly denounces the poor condition of the asylum seekers.

The discovery of Sara’s gender identity through curiosity and the approach to places not intended for her gender.

“Domani Chissà Forse" is a reflection on time and what survives it in a circumscribed space in which past, present and future seem to merge.

An exercise in breaking down (or recomposing) movement, in the style of Muybridge and Marey. Drawing on martial arts training manuals and the voices of practitioners, it is also an exercise in second-degree admiration, offering a sensitive, comical, and critical view of the "virile" choreography that characterizes these combat sports.

In a bar on the outskirts of Grenoble, the Italian community gathers to watch Juventus Turin matches. Different generations of Italian immigrants come together in front of giant screens broadcasting the game, while the faces of the spectators contort...

Martina and Lucia are two teenagers, friends since childhood. Lucia has a strong social commitment to the student struggle, and tries to make her best friend take an interest in the same militancy. While Martina gives up, an unexpected event will change her plans.

A_Mors tells the story of a man, Chris, a millionaire, son of an unscrupulous successful entrepreneur. The disastrous relationship with his father will be one of the reasons that lead Chris to attempt suicide. In the film several stories of very different people are intertwined, but at the same time united by a single destiny.

A young typist can barely keep her eyes open while working at her boring office job. She dreams of another career... becoming a ballet dancer!

As a female performer prepares to move, we are offered the tumbleweed detail of a paused meditation on time.

Yasmin Lander has dedicated her life to one goal – as her alter-ego Charlie Morgan she wants to become a Wrestling Champion. Ever since she was a teenager this is her only dream and now, in her mid-twenties, she is closer than ever to achieving it. But at what cost? Her girlfriend, her family, her day job and even her health – all these things are second to her ambition to archive the golden belt. And Yasmin has to fight in a male dominated environment inside and outside of the ring – for her recognition as an athlete, as a performer and as a woman.

In DR Congo, one of the most violent regions in the world, «La Lucha», a handful of young people are peacefully fighting for democracy. They have organized a struggle for the departure of President Kabila - now that they have succeed, they realize that the fight has a heavy price. Following for two years their confrontation with repression, the film witnesses a current citizen movement embracing the African continent. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a group of Congolese youths has stood up without arms against their President who was determined to cling to power. As they fought, they have learned that success comes with a price. They are called La Lucha.